Faced with the voice that had never given any response, the mysterious man ultimately chose to leave.
At Peak Ascent, inside the VIP room.
The masked girl clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms without her noticing. Sitting in her chair, her delicate body trembled incessantly.
Though she had not responded once from beginning to end to the person calling himself her "senior brother," her reaction made it clear just how chaotic her emotions were at that moment.
"Miss!"
At her side, the adult woman called Sister Fei looked at her young mistress with a worried expression. She wanted to say something, but after opening and closing her mouth, she could not utter a single word.
She knew the truth. She understood what kind of situation the person outside represented, and she also understood why the Frenzy Faction and the Technique Faction had come to blows.
Not just her—the young mistress understood it perfectly well too.
They had originally been overjoyed to receive a special-grade rating. At the very least, they would be able to keep Peak Ascent going. Yet before they could even rein in that joy, the other party had delivered such devastating news.
Abolish all the surplus combat events, leaving only the best five?
What kind of joke was that...
Anyone living in Earth Clan City knew that there were five reigning kings in the city. This did not refer to people, but combat events.
That was right. If things went as that person had said, then the events that could rise above the rest had, in truth, been decided from the very beginning.
Peak Ascent had no possibility of continuing to exist. Not even the slightest possibility.
Why was that?
The reason was simple. One only had to look at